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| Vessel Type: |
Steam Collier |
Location: | Co. Antrim |
| Date of Loss: | 5th January 1918 | Place: | Rathlin Island |
| Cause of Loss: | Torpedoed | Boat Dive from: | Ballycastle |
| Charted Depth: | 8m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 5 |
| Height of Wreck: | Scattered | Admiralty Chart No: | 2798 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude: | |
| Type of Seabed: | Boulders and kelp | Longitude: | |
| Average Visibility: | 5 - 8m | Diving Experience: | Novice |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Lies at the same site as the "Bouncer" at Tolovey.
- Wreckage of both vessels scattered about.
- The largest object is a boiler.
- Little or no current in the area.
- Some wreckage gets washed into the caves opposite.
- There is a fee to launch at the slip in Ballycastle Harbour.
Historical Information:
- Owned by Rea Shipping Co. Ltd., she measured 330.7 x 45.2 x 22.4ft., and grossed 2,889 tons.
- Carrying a cargo of coal, tinned food, flour and some small arms, she was torpedoed 5 miles North-West of Bull Point.
- Captain J.B. Gordon and his crew abandoned ship and rowed ashore at the Giant's Causeway.
- Although thought to have sunk immediately, she drifted ashore south of Bull Point.
- The cargo was mostly salvaged by the islanders.
- Ian Wilson's book refers to her as "Knightsgareth".
- In 1921 the salvaged ship "Bouncer" sank while trying to salvage her.
Source Publications:
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"Shipwreck
Index of Ireland"
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by
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Richard & Bridget Larn |
| Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Ulster Coast"
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by
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Ian Wilson |
| Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993 | ||
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"The
Harsh Winds of Rathlin"
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by
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Tommy Cecil |
| Impact Printing 1990 - ISBN: 0948154659 |
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Last update - 01-Apr-2003
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